Posted on 07/05/2023 12:18:51 PM PDT by CedarDave
RIO RANCHO — New Mexico would require automakers to deliver more zero-emission vehicles for sale in the state under a rule proposed Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
The proposal would require that 43% of the 2027 model year cars and trucks sent to New Mexico for sale meet strict clean car standards, officials said. The percentage would climb to 82% for 2032 vehicles, with the changes phased in over a half dozen years.
Under the proposal, automakers would also have the option of buying credits from other companies to help meet the 43% requirement for 2027 electric vehicles.
Electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles would count toward the percentage. Plug-in hybrid vehicles, however, would not.
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who won reelection last year, unveiled the proposal Monday during a news conference at Chalmers Ford in Rio Rancho, surrounded by electric vehicles.
Her administration will propose the clean car standards to the Environmental Improvement Board, which is expected to hold a hearing and accept public comment before acting on the rule later this year.
Lujan Grisham described it as a critical way to combat climate change in a large state where cars and trucks — not mass transit — dominate transportation. New Mexico is the fifth-largest state by geographic size.
Larry Behrens, a spokesman for Power the Future, an advocacy group for workers in fossil fuel industries, said the governor’s announcement ignores troubling signs about the market for electric vehicles, such as recent layoffs announced by car manufacturers.
“This is another misguided proposal that begs the question if the governor’s electric vehicles are so popular,” Behrens said, “why does she have to force them on us? These arbitrary goals with arbitrary deadlines have real consequences as the cost of vehicles rises on New Mexico’s families.”
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Glad I don’t own an auto dealership in Albuquerque.
rev up the buses
Sounds like 2027 will be a tough year for car sales. I predict sales will be down approximately 43%
Since EV’s are far from zero emission then it should be easy to prove in court they do not qualify as zero emission.
New Mexico already has huge numbers of zero emission vehicles. Most of them on blocks in the side yard.
New Mexico is a welfare state.
I’ve driven that route several times. Carry extra water, gasoline and an extra gun with you.
“New Mexico already has huge numbers of zero emission vehicles. Most of them on blocks in the side yard.”
LOL! Isn’t that the truth?
Car dealers in Amarillo, Lubbock, and El Paso to benefit.
Oh, side note, most of the homes in New Mexico that do have air conditioning are cooled by evaporative cooling (swamp coolers). Not refrigerated air. Evaporative coolers are great for electricity costs, as they only run a small pump and a squirrel cage blower. They also work great until temps get to 95+ degrees in monsoon season, then they don't do squat. What would the strain be if we all switched to refrigerated air?
I was driving a backroad in the Manzanos and came across a DeSoto in ok shape sitting next to an abandoned A Frame cabin. It was pretty weird.
Will power plants that generate electricity for the battery cars be zero emissions, too?
What are the sources of electricity in New Mexico?
Sweet. I might go to New Mexico and get back in the car biz. Prices will skyrocket! Maybe I’ll specialize in diesel trucks.
Michelle
Quit trying to turn New Mexico into downtown LA. Take your sorry butt back to the District of Corruption and officially go to work for the Dimocrap Party.
You, long ago, wore out your welcome in NM.
I guess the handwriting is on the wall if I want a plug in hybrid, I need to buy it soon. Maybe I will also sink some money into rebuilding my V8 pickup truck.
This nonsense is so going to backfire and have to be canceled by the politicians who passed it.
Side yard hell. Seen plenty in front yards, cubside, freeway....... 😜👍
They are “Displaced Emssions Cars”, built by first raping Mother Gaia...
... automakers would also have the option of buying credits from other companies to help meet the 43% requirement for 2027 electric vehicles.
Huge kickbacks to companies that make electric vehicles via these credits.
Betcha somewhere a democrat has his (or her!) hand out and his (or her!) wallet fattened.
Then the actual gas engine car buyer will be paying much more for the privilege of these democrats getting their "credits".
I’m guessing all the Hispanics in ABQ and Las Cruces will LOVE spending $75K+ for their new electric cars in 2027!
Or maybe NM will require all whites to buy 2 electric cars so the Hispanics won’t need to. As a form of reparations...
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